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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alexande @ Aug 19th 2007 12:55PM
everything*
Joe @ Aug 19th 2007 7:50PM
Remove: DRM, Windows Media, Internet Explorer, Windows Security Center, Windows Genuine Advantage.
Add: Ubuntu.
ethana2 @ Aug 20th 2007 1:30AM
Yeah, basically.
With compiz fusion, of course. That really was wiiiiiide open for that.
I dual boot Ubuntu and XP. I know what I like. Vista would not be it.
...even if they open sourced it, it couldn't save it's sorry butt. I can just see Linus taking one look at it, laughing a little, taking the drivers, throwing the rest of the code at the wine project, and sanitizing his hard drive ;)
I know I would.
Rich @ Aug 20th 2007 6:42AM
The biggest problem with Vista is the one that Microsoft can least fix - driver support.
Even after all this time, there's still a lot of (even brand new) hardware I own that doesn't support Windows Vista.
Maybe Microsoft could bribe (or offer "incentives") to manufacturers to release Vista drivers for all of their hardware less than 3 years old. And make sure the drivers actually work properly.
Other than that, I think the "Ultimate" edition should actually be the only version on sale. Price it at the same as Home Premium and then at install time give the option of installing a "basic", "regular" or "expert" version of the OS.
It would save a lot of shelf space and confuse consumers less.
I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Aug 20th 2007 3:07PM
How about the price, $350 for Business and $400 for Ultimate! It's especially ridiculous considering that Vista is revamped and over glorified Windows NT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT
Ant @ Aug 20th 2007 8:15PM
Ye, why bother changing it, XP works and Vista dosn't, simple. Use XP you get more done faster. Vista needs to come with a special Vista PC that can handle its clunky eye-candy code. Personaly I don't want eye-candy when I'm trying to work, just want to get it done ASAP.